Lead Ontology Architect for Intelligent Building Systems

Honeywell; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Honeywell is seeking a Senior Ontologist in Atlanta, Georgia, to lead the design, development, and operationalization of ontologies for connected buildings. This strategic role involves working closely with domain experts and platform teams to ensure models meet industry standards and operational needs. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in ontology engineering and taxonomy design, strong knowledge of relevant standards, and familiarity with large language models. Join Honeywell in making the world smarter, safer, and more sustainable.

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on experience in ontology engineering and taxonomy design for industrial or building domains.
• Strong working knowledge of Brick Schema, Project Haystack, and IFC.
• Expert-level proficiency in OWL 2, RDF, RDFS, SPARQL, SHACL, SKOS, JSON-LD, and Turtle.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain industrial ontologies, taxonomies, and knowledge models.
• Conduct ontology alignment and integration with external knowledge bases.
• Define best practices for ontology versioning and lifecycle management.

Skills

Ontology engineering

Taxonomy design

Semantic technologies

Large Language models

Data interoperability

Collaboration with engineers

Tools

Neo4j

Amazon Neptune

Stardog

GraphDB

Virtuoso

Palantir Foundry

Job description

Honeywell is seeking a Senior Ontologist in Atlanta, Georgia, to lead the design, development, and operationalization of ontologies for connected buildings. This strategic role involves working closely with domain experts and platform teams to ensure models meet industry standards and operational needs. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in ontology engineering and taxonomy design, strong knowledge of relevant standards, and familiarity with large language models. Join Honeywell in making the world smarter, safer, and more sustainable.